16 Best Online Timesheet Tools to Streamline Time Tracking

An online timesheet tool helps employees record work hours, track time spent on projects or tasks, submit timesheets, and provide managers with data for payroll, billing, reporting, invoicing, or workforce management. The best online timesheet tool depends on how your team works. Some apps focus on simple clock-in and attendance tracking, while others offer automatic time tracking, project budgeting, employee monitoring, invoicing, or resource planning.

This guide compares 16 online timesheet apps, including their key features, pricing, and the types of teams they may be best suited for.

Why Use an Online Timesheet App?

Online timesheet apps replace spreadsheets and paper timesheets with a centralized system for recording and reviewing work hours. Depending on the tool, they can also connect time data with projects, payroll, client billing, employee schedules, or productivity reports.

They can be particularly useful for:

• Project-based teams that need to understand how much time is spent on tasks and clients
• Service businesses and agencies that bill clients based on tracked hours
• Remote teams that need employees to submit time from different locations
• Shift-based businesses that need clock-in, attendance, and overtime records
• Growing teams that want to replace spreadsheets with automated approvals and reporting

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Comparison Table

Tool	Best for	Key capabilities	Pricing	Free plan/trial
Everhour	Project-based teams	Time tracking, timesheets, project budgeting, reporting, invoicing, and project management integrations	Free plan; Team: $8.50/user/month	Free plan
Hubstaff	Remote and field teams	Time tracking, productivity monitoring, GPS tracking, project budgets, and payroll	Starter: $4.99/user/month; Grow: $7.50/user/month; Team: $10/user/month; Enterprise: $25/user/month	Free trial
DeskTime	Teams that need automatic time tracking	Automatic time tracking, productivity analysis, project tracking, and absence management	Pro: €5.50/user/month; Premium: €8.25/user/month; Enterprise: Custom	Free trial
TimeCamp	Teams that need flexible time tracking	Manual and automatic time tracking, timesheets, reporting, invoicing, and productivity tracking	Free trial; Basic: $3.99/user/month; Pro: $6.99/user/month; Ultimate: $9.99/user/month; Enterprise: Custom	Free plan
ClickTime	Professional services and project-based teams	Timesheets, project budgeting, expense tracking, resource planning, and reporting	Starter: $12/user/month; Team: $15/user/month; Premier: $27/user/month; Enterprise: Custom	Free trial
RescueTime	Individuals and teams focused on productivity	Automatic activity tracking, focus sessions, productivity insights, and time reports	Solo:$7/month; Solo+: $12/month; Team: $10/month; Team+: $12/month	Free plan
Milient (former Hub Planner)	Teams that need resource planning	Resource scheduling, capacity planning, timesheets, project scheduling, and reporting	Plug & Play: $7/resource/month; Premium: $18/resource/month; Business Leader: $54/resource/month	Free trial
Timesheet.io	Freelancers and teams that need simple time tracking with optional HR and compliance tools	Mobile and web time tracking, invoicing, team timesheets, absence tracking, overtime management, and reporting	Pro: €8/user/month; Business: €16/user/month; Enterprise: €28/user/month	Free trial
actiTIME	Teams that need simple project time tracking	Timesheets, task tracking, overtime tracking, reporting, and project management	Free plan; Online: $6/user/month	Free plan
Jibble	Shift-based and attendance-focused teams	Clock-in/out, attendance tracking, GPS, geofencing, facial recognition, and timesheets	Free	Free
Tick	Agencies and teams that track time against budgets	Project and task time tracking, budget tracking, client reporting, and mobile access	Free plan; Premium: $49/month	Free plan
Time Doctor	Remote teams that need productivity monitoring	Time tracking, website and app monitoring, screenshots, productivity reports, and payroll	Basic: $6.67/user/month; Standard: $11.67/user/month; Premium: $16.70/user/month	Free trial
Zoho Projects	Teams already using Zoho or project management software	Project management, task tracking, timesheets, reporting, and collaboration	Free plan; Premium: €4/user/month; Enterprise: €9/user/month; Ultimate: €14/user/month	Free plan
Timesheets	Small businesses and freelancers	Timesheets, project tracking, employee time tracking, reporting, and mobile access	Freelancer: Free; Professional: $5.50/user/month; Nonprofit: $4.40/user/month	Free plan
Deltek Replicon	Businesses with complex time, attendance, or compliance needs	Time tracking, attendance, project time, expense management, and compliance tools	Time & Attendance: $6/user/month; TimeBill Plus: $22/user/month	Free trial
Beebole	Project and finance teams	Time tracking, resource planning, project financials, billing rates, and customizable reporting	Free (up to 5 users); Essential $9/user/month; Advanced $18/user/month	Free plan

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How to Choose an Online Timesheet App

When comparing online timesheet apps, consider what you need the recorded time for. The right tool depends on whether your priority is project tracking, payroll, attendance, client billing, or employee productivity.

Look for features such as:

• Time tracking methods: Decide whether employees should enter hours manually, use timers, or rely on automatic time tracking.
• Project and task tracking: Choose a tool that can connect work hours with specific projects, clients, or tasks if you need project visibility.
• Timesheet approvals: Consider whether managers need employees to submit timesheets for review and approval.
• Reporting: Look for reports that help you analyze employee hours, billable time, project costs, attendance, or productivity.
• Payroll and invoicing: Check whether the tool can export time data or connect directly with payroll and billing workflows.
• Integrations: Make sure the software works with the project management, accounting, or collaboration tools your team already uses.
• Employee monitoring: Consider whether you actually need features such as screenshots, activity tracking, or GPS tracking, as these are not necessary for every team.

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16 Best Online Timesheet Apps

Everhour

Best for: Project-based teams that want to track time directly within their existing project management workflows.

Everhour is an online timesheet tool and a time tracker designed primarily for project-based teams. It allows employees to track time, manage timesheets, and connect recorded hours with projects, tasks, budgets, and client billing. Its integrations with project management tools make it particularly useful for teams that want to track time without switching between multiple applications.

Key features

• Time tracking and timesheets: Track time using timers or manual entries and organize employee hours into timesheets for review and reporting.
• Project and task tracking: Record time against specific projects and tasks to see how work hours are distributed across your team.
• Project budgeting: Set time or budget estimates and compare planned work with actual hours and costs.
• Reporting: Create reports on employee hours, projects, tasks, budgets, and billable time.
• Invoicing: Turn tracked time and expenses into invoices for client billing.
• Project management integrations: Track time inside tools such as Asana, Trello, Jira, ClickUp, Notion, and other supported platforms.
• Resource planning: Monitor workloads and team capacity to help distribute work across projects.

Pricing

• Free: Free for up to 5 users.
• Team: $8.50 per user per month when billed annually.

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Hubstaff 

Best for: Remote and field teams that need time tracking combined with productivity monitoring or GPS tracking.

Hubstaff is an online time tracking and timesheet platform designed for businesses managing remote, mobile, or distributed employees. In addition to recording work hours, it offers employee activity monitoring, GPS tracking, project tracking, and reporting tools.

Key features

• Time tracking: Employees can track work hours using desktop, web, and mobile apps.
• Activity monitoring: Monitor activity levels, applications, and websites used during work hours.
• GPS tracking: Track the location of mobile and field employees while they are working.
• Project and task tracking: Assign tracked time to projects and tasks to understand how work hours are distributed.
• Payroll: Calculate payments based on tracked hours, pay rates, and timesheet data.
• Reporting: Generate reports on employee hours, activity, projects, and productivity.

Pricing

• Starter: $4.99/user/month
• Grow: $7.50/user/month
• Team: $10/user/month
• Enterprise: $25/user/month

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DeskTime

Best for: Teams that want automatic time tracking and productivity insights.

DeskTime is an automatic time tracking and employee productivity platform that records how employees spend time on their computers. It tracks applications and websites, supports project-based time tracking, and provides reports that help managers analyze work patterns and productivity.

Key features

• Automatic time tracking: Records time spent working without requiring employees to manually start and stop timers.
• Application and website tracking: Shows which applications and websites employees use during work hours.
• Productivity analysis: Categorizes tracked activity to provide insights into productive and unproductive time.
• Project tracking: Allows employees to assign tracked time to projects and tasks.
• Absence management: Helps teams manage employee absences and time away from work.
• Reporting: Provides reports on work hours, productivity, attendance, and project time.

Pricing

• Pro: €5.50/user/month
• Premium: €8.25/user/month
• Enterprise: Custom

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TimeCamp

Best for: Teams that need flexible manual and automatic time tracking.

TimeCamp is an online time tracking and timesheet tool that supports multiple ways of recording work hours. Teams can track time manually or automatically, assign time to projects and tasks, and use reports and billing tools to analyze their work.

Key features

• Manual and automatic time tracking: Record time manually or use automatic tracking to capture computer activity.
• Timesheets: Create and manage employee timesheets for reviewing recorded work hours.
• Project and task tracking: Assign time entries to projects and tasks to track how time is being used.
• Reporting: Generate reports on employee hours, projects, productivity, and billable time.
• Invoicing: Create invoices based on tracked billable hours.
• Integrations: Connect TimeCamp with project management, accounting, and other business tools.

Pricing

• Basic: $3.99/user/month
• Pro: $6.99/user/month
• Ultimate: $9.99/user/month
• Enterprise: Custom

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ClickTime

Best for: Professional services and project-based businesses that need detailed timesheets, project budgets, and reporting.

ClickTime is an online timesheet platform that helps businesses track employee hours and connect time data with projects, budgets, expenses, and resource planning. It is designed for organizations that need more visibility into project costs and workforce utilization.

Key features

• Timesheets: Employees can record and submit work hours for review and approval.
• Project time tracking: Track time against specific projects and tasks to understand how employee hours are distributed.
• Project budgeting: Compare tracked hours and costs with project budgets.
• Expense tracking: Record project-related expenses alongside employee time.
• Resource planning: Monitor employee availability and allocate resources across projects.
• Reporting: Create reports on employee hours, project costs, budgets, and utilization.

Pricing

• Starter: $12/user/month
• Team: $15/user/month
• Premier: $27/user/month
• Enterprise: Custom

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RescueTime

Best for: Individuals and teams that want automatic productivity tracking rather than traditional employee timesheets.

RescueTime is primarily an automatic time tracking and productivity tool rather than a traditional employee timesheet platform. It records time spent on applications and websites and provides insights into work habits, distractions, and focus.

Key features

• Automatic time tracking: Records time spent on applications and websites automatically.
• Activity analysis: Shows how time is distributed across different digital activities.
• Focus sessions: Helps users schedule distraction-free periods for focused work.
• Goals and alerts: Allows users to set productivity goals and receive notifications about their progress.
• Productivity reports: Provides reports that show work patterns and time usage over time.

Pricing

• Solo: $7/month
• Solo+: $12/month
• Team: $10/month
• Team+: $12/month

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Milient (former Hub Planner)

Best for: Teams that need to combine resource scheduling and capacity planning with timesheet tracking.

Milient, formerly Hub Planner, is a resource management and scheduling platform that helps teams plan employee availability, allocate resources to projects, and compare scheduled work with actual time recorded.

Key features

• Resource scheduling: Schedule employees and allocate resources across projects.
• Capacity planning: Monitor employee availability and identify over-allocation or unused capacity.
• Timesheets: Record actual hours worked and compare them with scheduled time.
• Project planning: Organize resources and schedules around project requirements.
• Customizable timesheets: Configure time entries based on projects, activities, or other categories.
• Reporting: Analyze resource utilization, scheduled hours, and recorded work time.

Pricing

• Plug & Play: $7/resource/month
• Premium: $18/resource/month
• Business Leader: $54/resource/month

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Timesheet.io

Best for: Freelancers and small teams that need a straightforward online system for tracking work hours and managing timesheets.

Timesheet.io is an online time tracking and timesheet platform that helps users record work hours, manage projects, and organize time data for reporting and billing. Depending on the plan, it also offers tools for teams and business administration.

Key features

• Online timesheets: Record and manage work hours from a centralized online platform.
• Time tracking: Track time manually or with timers to create accurate time records.
• Project tracking: Assign recorded hours to projects and activities.
• Reporting: Generate reports based on tracked work hours and projects.
• Team management: Manage employee time records and timesheets in one place.
• Mobile access: Track and review time using supported mobile and web access.

Pricing

• Pro: €8/user/month
• Business: €16/user/month
• Enterprise: €28/user/month

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actiTIME

Best for: Teams that need straightforward project and task-based time tracking.

actiTIME is an online timesheet and time tracking platform that helps businesses record employee hours, assign time to projects and tasks, and generate reports for project management and analysis.

Key features

• Timesheets: Employees can record and submit work hours for projects and tasks.
• Task-based time tracking: Track exactly how much time is spent on specific tasks and activities.
• Project management: Organize work into projects and monitor progress.
• Overtime tracking: Record overtime hours and monitor employee workloads.
• Reporting: Generate reports on employee hours, projects, and task progress.
• Leave management: Track employee time off and absences.

Pricing

• Free plan
• Online: $6/user/month

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Jibble

Best for: Shift-based and frontline teams that need employee attendance and clock-in tracking.

Jibble is a time and attendance platform that helps businesses track employee work hours, attendance, breaks, and overtime. It supports multiple clock-in methods and includes location and identity verification features.

Key features

• Clock-in and clock-out: Employees can record work hours using web, mobile, or kiosk-based time clocks.
• GPS tracking and geofencing: Verify employee locations and restrict clock-ins to approved locations.
• Facial recognition: Use facial recognition to help verify employee identity during clock-ins.
• Attendance tracking: Monitor employee attendance, work hours, breaks, and overtime.
• Project tracking: Assign employee time to projects and activities.
• Timesheet reporting: Generate timesheets and reports based on recorded attendance data.

Pricing

Free

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Tick

Best for: Agencies and project-based teams that need to track time against project budgets.

Tick is a project-focused time tracking tool that helps teams record work hours and monitor how much of a project’s allocated time budget has been used.

Key features

• Project-based time tracking: Record time against specific projects and tasks.
• Budget tracking: Set project time budgets and monitor how much time remains.
• Task tracking: Organize time entries by project tasks and activities.
• Client reporting: Review tracked hours for client work and projects.
• Mobile access: Track time from supported mobile devices.
• Time reports: Generate reports showing how project hours are distributed.

Pricing

• Free plan
• Premium: $49/month

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Time Doctor

Best for: Remote teams that need time tracking combined with detailed employee activity monitoring.

Time Doctor is a time tracking and productivity monitoring platform that records employee work hours and provides visibility into how time is spent during the workday.

Key features

• Time tracking: Record employee work hours across projects and tasks.
• Website and application monitoring: Track which websites and applications are used during work hours.
• Screenshots: Capture screenshots to provide additional visibility into employee activity.
• Productivity reporting: Generate reports on work hours, activity, and productivity patterns.
• Project tracking: Assign time entries to projects and tasks.
• Payroll: Use tracked hours to support payroll calculations and payments.

Pricing

• Basic: $6.67/user/month
• Standard: $11.67/user/month
• Premium: $16.70/user/month

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Zoho Projects

Best for: Project teams that want timesheets as part of a broader project management platform.

Zoho Projects is a project management tool that includes task management, collaboration, project planning, and timesheet tracking. It allows teams to record work hours alongside the projects and tasks they manage.

Key features

• Project and task management: Organize work into projects, tasks, milestones, and deadlines.
• Timesheets: Record employee hours against projects and tasks.
• Task-based time tracking: Track how much time is spent on individual assignments.
• Collaboration: Share updates, communicate with team members, and manage project activities.
• Reporting: Generate reports on project progress, tasks, and recorded work hours.
• Integrations: Connect Zoho Projects with other Zoho applications and third-party tools.

Pricing

• Free plan
• Premium: €4/user/month
• Enterprise: €9/user/month
• Ultimate: €14/user/month

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Timesheets

Best for: Small businesses and freelancers looking for straightforward employee time tracking and online timesheets.

Timesheets is an online time tracking platform that helps businesses record employee work hours, organize time by projects, and generate reports for payroll, billing, and workforce management.

Key features

• Online timesheets: Employees can record and submit work hours digitally.
• Project-based time tracking: Assign time entries to projects and activities.
• Employee time tracking: Monitor employee work hours and attendance.
• Reporting: Generate reports based on employee hours, projects, and other time data.
• Mobile access: Allow employees to track time while working remotely or away from a computer.
• Team management: Manage employee timesheets and work records from one system.

Pricing

• Freelancer: Free
• Professional: $5.50/user/month
• Nonprofit: $4.40/user/month

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Deltek Replicon

Best for: Businesses with complex time tracking, attendance, payroll, or compliance requirements.

Replicon is a workforce management platform that provides tools for employee time tracking, attendance management, project time tracking, and compliance. It is designed for organizations that need detailed controls over how employee time is recorded and managed.

Key features

• Employee time tracking: Record and manage employee work hours across different work arrangements.
• Time and attendance: Track attendance, work schedules, and employee hours.
• Project time tracking: Assign work hours to projects and clients.
• Compliance tools: Support businesses with timekeeping and labor compliance requirements.
• Expense management: Track business expenses alongside employee and project data.
• Reporting: Generate reports on workforce hours, attendance, and project time.

Pricing

• Time & Attendance: $6/user/month
• TimeBill Plus: $22/user/month

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Beebole

Best for: Project and finance teams that need to connect time tracking with resource planning and project financials.

Beebole is an online time tracking and timesheet platform that helps teams track work hours, plan resources, and analyze project costs and profitability. It connects planned work with recorded time, giving managers visibility into capacity, budgets, and actual project performance.

Key features

• Resource planning and capacity management: Schedule team members based on availability and compare planned work with actual hours.
• Pre-filled timesheets: Planned tasks can automatically appear in employee timesheets as entries ready for confirmation.
• Flexible time tracking: Record time against projects, tasks, clients, and other categories.
• Project financials: Set billing and cost rates and compare planned and actual hours and costs.
• Customizable reporting: Create reports using filters such as employee, project, task, tag, and date range.
• Integrations and exports: Export data or connect Beebole with supported business tools and spreadsheets.

Pricing

• Free (up to 5 users)
• Essential $9/user/month
• Advanced $18/user/month

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is an online timesheet app?

An online timesheet app allows employees to record and submit their work hours digitally. Depending on the tool, it can also help businesses track project time, attendance, billable hours, payroll data, and employee productivity.

What is the best online timesheet app?

The best online timesheet app depends on your needs. Everhour is a strong option for project-based teams, while tools such as Jibble are better suited for attendance tracking and Hubstaff or Time Doctor may be useful for teams that need employee activity monitoring.

Are there free online timesheet apps?

Yes. Several online timesheet apps offer free plans, including Everhour, actiTIME, Jibble, Tick, Zoho Projects, Timesheets, and Beebole.

Can online timesheets be used for payroll?

Yes. Online timesheets can provide the work-hour data businesses need for payroll. Some tools also offer payroll features or integrations, while others allow you to export timesheet data for use in separate payroll software.

Can employees submit timesheets online?

Yes. Most online timesheet tools allow employees to record their hours and submit timesheets digitally. Managers can then review, approve, and use the data for reporting, payroll, billing, or project management.

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Conclusion: Finding the Best Online Timesheet Tool for Your Needs

The best online timesheet app depends on how your team works and what you need to do with the recorded time. Some tools focus on project tracking and billing, while others are better suited for attendance, productivity monitoring, or resource planning.

Everhour is a strong choice for project-based teams that want to track time, manage timesheets, monitor budgets, and generate reports directly alongside their existing project management workflows.